But the statistics all show a catastrophic and continuing productivity decline.
Handal says an employee should always call in sick when the illness is still contagious and his or her productivity will notably decline due to the illness.
The general rule of thumb is that running backs experience a decline in productivity around the age of 30 due to the wear and tear they undergo.
FORBES: Why The Jaguars Would Be Foolish To Give In To Maurice Jones-Drew's Demands
Corporate profits, he noted, have risen sharply since the third quarter of last year, thanks in part to a big jump in productivity and to a decline in unit labour costs.
Even when this training is complete, organizations will continue to experience a decline in productivity due to implementation and go-live efforts (plus the inherent learning curve in using the new code sets).
FORBES: How To Get An $80,000 Job In Health Care Without A College Degree
The amount of private work being taken on had not increased, it found, the rate of decline in productivity had slowed, the ratio of full-time consultants to total staff in the NHS had risen and pay rises not linked to performance had slowed.
It has been cut back and this has resulted in a decline of annual productivity growth.
For example, if productivity falls, current returns decline, says the theory, so workers and firms choose to work less and take more leisure.
Large areas of North and South America, Australia, Asia and Europe have experienced a serious decline in crop productivity this century as a result of this problem.
Second quarter productivity was revised down to a decline of 1.8%, double the 0.9% decline originally reported.
FORBES: Employment Report Stokes Stocks, Housing And Autos Still Limp
Monday saw the publication of this essay in Scientific American by Robert Fortner, highlighting a new NSF report on the continuing decline of US Science productivity.
To break through the limits to growth imposed by population decline a quantum rise in per capita productivity is needed.
FORBES: Japan Association of Corporate Executives' "Vision for Japan 2020"
Many have become (perhaps excessively) risk averse, as is also reflected in a sharp decline in corporate investment even as their productivity, exports and profits soar.
ECONOMIST: American investors fight each other over Celanese
Organizations that rapidly adopted these (and other) new solutions actually achieved superior performance, and rapidly saw their costs decline as these common platforms gave higher productivity at lower prices.
FORBES: Facebook: Why businesses need to use it - and its new email client
That this occurred despite the rise in real GDP last quarter reflects both the typical lag between GDP growth and unemployment decline, and the recent exceptional increases in productivity.
IMF, the decline in manufacturing jobs mainly reflects sectoral differences in productivity growth.
If structural reforms are not implemented, the latest recession may be mild, but, according to Tetsufumi Yamakawa, an economist at Goldman Sachs, long-term potential growth may decline to only 0.6% a year by 2009, as productivity growth stalls and the labour force shrinks.
The company witnessed a decline in soda consumption in developed economies and a decline in the bottom line as the company incurs incremental costs due to restructuring and productivity improvement plans.
FORBES: PepsiCo Pre-Earnings: Snacking On Emerging Markets Growth
If you are a country facing a population decline (like Japan), to keep your GDP growing you have to increase your productivity even more.
By 2025, the report forecast, growth would decline to an annual average of 5%, as the Chinese work force ages, productivity slows and infrastructure and other investments produce lower returns.
Except for oil, most sensitive commodity prices have risen only slightly after years of decline, the dollar remains strong, real short-term interest rates are near historical norms, and productivity growth has accelerated in recent quarters.
应用推荐